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The novel Y371D myocilin mutation causes an aggressive form of juvenile open-angle glaucoma in a Caucasian family from the Middle-East.
Molecular vision - 24 Sept 2009
Avisar Inbal, Lusky Moshe, Robinson Anat, Shohat Mordechai, Dubois Stéphane, Raymond Vincent, Gaton Dan D
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To search for the genetic cause of juvenile open-angle glaucoma (JOAG) in a Caucasian family and to perform genotype/phenotype correlation studies in the kindred. METHODS: Six members of a three-generation family originating from Uzbekistan and now living in the Middle East were recruited from one large clinic in Israel. Ophthalmologic investigations comprised of visual field assessments, intraocular...
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